The Labor enquirer., 1887-01-01

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lSllows Win not only biks ~ q ths
1hack, bit thsy win opsnlv @syyea down
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4 u thinRa nm Vim dnnI sli that yor
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thsir ~ n holy horror = ~ suGsss
ttio4 ofltiols6ce. They d. thi1 beaans.
Ithdr minds ere blind $ thsv ~ I'm,
|Fa6t 81 the IsGgon fhst Is tlueht In hu.
Imam adysncsmsnt !. but their children'e
children viii enjoy the fhits Of your
disturbspte. The wofkiugmsn Of
America. the bone andsinew Of the land
1.-THE vast majority Of the people-they
are the mon who have created aud who
now supportthe public opinion which
seeks TO hang the Anarchists Of Chicago.
We have no fear Of capitalists. for they
are only one in loo; but we do fear the
abiect slave Of . workipaman who
Springs to arms when the monopolistic
Interests of the master are threatened
bv thsuprising Of humanity. Who are
the militia? Who are the police ?
Who are the conscientious citizens wht
stand bv the 50 called law and order
which makes thieves of our sons and
prostitutes of our daughters, and keeps
US paupers in the midst Of plenty ? All
workingm n-every one ofthem. Thew
work hard for wages. and piouslv close
their ewes while capitalism robs them
of their earnings; but let one worker
among them have the intelligence and
boldness to speak against the privileged
enemy of their homes, and they sit
down upon him because he is q dis
turber. This is consistent with all his
tory. and we do not claim any right of
exception. Is ltnot true that the world
crucifies its heroes, and later genera
tions build monuments to their men,
ory? The men of Chicago spoke and
acted for peace. They saw the storm
coming, and told the people. For their
pains. and as punishment for their in
telligence. they are getting the reward
that is bestowed upon pioneers of pro-
gress in every age.
Inspired by the humane theory of
Henry George,;a large portion of the
working classes hope to better their
condition by changing the laws and
,electing honest men to Office. The men
in Office are no better OF worse than the
people who send them there-they must
be true refectors of the prevailing will.
The attempt to get rid of rascallv gov
ernmeut by means Of the ballot is as
useless as to ask q Ihighwayman to
throw away his gun and resign his ad-
vantage. l dare to disagree with Henry
George, and say that the ballot is con-
trolled by capitalism and oficialism,
and that it will remain under that con-
troll as long as wage.slaverv exists in the
land. You can't argue goods out of the
possession of a thief you must force
him to give up; and you can't vote the
ballot box out of the hands of capital
while, capital controls the bread of those
who cast the ballots.
Indulge in no vulgar abuse of capi-
talists; for like myself they are pro-
ducts of circumstances. Jay Gould is
probably as good as anv Of us. and 1t is
we'll known that the czar Of Russia is
man Of kind intentions toward his peo-
pie. He would like to see them all in
the enjoyment of happiness, but he ls
almost as powerless as anv serf of the
empire. 1t is natural for every person,
no matter what part he PLAYS in life, to
wish comfortable feeling in all other
creatures. The teamster does not pre-
fer 70 see his horses fretful, aud the
slave-master wishes to have contented
slaves. The blame Of all wrongs comes |
home at last to the people, for unless
thew consented the wrongs could not 90 |
on. Nevertheless, all bad systems GEN.
tre in persons--the Goulds, the Wander
bilts, the emperors and the autocrats of |
the industrial world; and though ac-
quit them of intentional responsibility,
,hey are found to block the road to hu-
man freedom and they must be re-
moved with as lit le conjunction as We
remove the vemonous reptile which we
know does not bear us ill-will, but yet
il a menace to our lives. repeat the
warning of the philosophers who are
now in the grasp of the law in Chicago,
aud say to you that there will be.blood
in this land before we are much older |
/ have read the signs of the impending
trouble, and you can read them too.
Il The first claim of Anarchy being that |
man is entitled to free life by warrant
of nature, it follows that m n must take
that freedom in order to have it. Fail
ure is proper forfeit. just the same in
life as it is in business or in politics or
in education. The earth puts food into
no mans mouth-he must use his
hands II he will not use his hands, let |
him die. To prevent man from hav-
inc q free life we hnd every institution |
OF society arrayed against him-the ba-
sis of all OF them being one thing, called |
statute law. It was made and is carried |
on for the sole purpose of protecting the
exclusive possession Of earth's benefits |
that are gathered in private hands. 1t
has no reason for existence except to
protect the plunderers of human kind.
II must be wiped out before freedom
can come in or humanity can grow, and
Anarchy has set'itself to the task. Rec
ognizing statute law as the only thing
that makes hungry men. the only thing
that impedes human progress, the only